Elon Musk, commercial advisor to President Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, described “fool” about the comments he made about his electric car company, Tesla.
Musk – a member of the Trump administration – said that Navarro was “stupid from brick bag” in leaflets on the X.
He was in response to an interview that gave Navarro in which he criticized musk. “[He’s] Not a car factory. “It is a car complex, in many cases,” said Navarro.
An interview with Navarro was conducted on Trump’s comprehensive introductory policy and said he wanted to see the parts that are manufactured in the United States in the future instead.
Musk, who alluded to his opposition to the White House trade policy, said that Navarro’s claims about Tesla were “clearly wrong.”
This dispute was the most general signs of the dispute so far between the Trump commercial team and Moses, the richest man in the world heading the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE) that is assigned to reduce the size and spending of the federal government.
Later on Tuesday, White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt was asked about the class between Musk and Navarro. “It is clear that these two people have very different views on trade and tariffs,” she told reporters.
“The children will be children, and we will call them to compete for the public debate.”
Trump partially justified his global wave of definitions by saying he wanted to revive manufacturing in the United States. This is an argument that Navarro presented while appearing on CNBC on Monday.
“If you look at our auto industry, then we are a collection line for German engines and transportation at the present time,” he said.
“We will reach a place where America makes things again, the real wages will be, the profits will become,” Navarro added.
In response to the comments on Tuesday, Musk posted a link to the 2023 article by the Kelley Blue Book, which cited the results of Cars.com that Tesla vehicles had most parts that were produced in the United States.
“With any definition at all, Tesla is the most vertical company in America with the highest percentage of American content,” Musk, Written in a follow -up post.
Technology analyst Dan Evez said that the company was less exposed to definitions than other American auto manufacturers such as GM, Ford and Stelantis.
But he also claimed that the company had received most of its parts from outside the United States, especially China.
He said, “The definitions in their current form will disrupt Tesla, the total supply chain, and its global shock, which was a clear advantage over the years against the increasing competitors such as BYD.”
Jeffrey Sunfield, dean and professor at Yale College of Management, hosted a group of executives in Washington last month that Musk is expressing what many American executives believe, but they publicly say that Trump’s commercial policies publicly believe.
“He said seventy -nine percent of them that they were embarrassed in front of international partners, and 89 percent said this is unnecessary in a misleading recession and economic policy,” Mr. Sonnefeld told the BBC.
Even before the row with Navarro, Musk hinted that he was not satisfied with the policy of customs tariffs.
On Monday, a video clip of the economist Milton Friedman, a famous opponent of definitions, was released, erasing the free market values.
Trump’s tariff has caused a decrease in the stock market around the world, as investors calculate that it will lead to smaller profits.
Musk said in the X Publishing on March 27 Even his company will not be fortified from disrupting the customs tariff.
Bill Akman, Director of Billionaire Funds, Director of the Billionaire Fund, called for the definitions to avoid what he called “the main global economic turmoil”.
In a post on X, he said that the current plans will perform “unnecessary damage”.
Navarro is considered loyal to Trump and was Imprisonment From the House of Representatives Committee, it is achieved in the alleged efforts to cancel the 2020 elections.
He is believed to be one of the main architects of the tariff policy in Trump.
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